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Hits and Misses: African American Festival, jobs numbers, rose disease, less time at the MVC office

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Egun Omode (Children of the Ancestors), Trenton's own West African dance/drum troupe.
The African American Pride Festival is an annual celebration of the history, culture, heritage and arts that represent the rich traditions and zestful spirit of the African American community in the City of Trenton. The festival is produced by a group of local organizations with the full support of the City of Trenton, as well as support from Mercer County. For more information about the festival, visit www.taapf.com.
(MIchael Mancuso/The Times)

HIT: The 2013 Trenton African American Pride Festival noon to 6 p.m. today at Cadwalader Park featuring music by gospel house giant Kenny Bobien, who will perform hits such as “You Are My Friend” and “Grateful.”

HIT: A 1,000th career victory for Phillies skipper Charlie Manuel last Monday night.

MISS: One thousand career victories means nothing for job security when your team is having a losing season.

MISS: More than a dozen cases of rose rosette disease that have been reported in Mercer County in the past two months. First detected in the western U.S. in the 1940s, the disease gradually began appearing on the East Coast over the last decade, plaguing local nurseries and home rose growers.

HIT: Ground broken for an $11 million expansion project at the Sharon Elementary School in Robbinsville.

HIT: Hun School of Princeton alumna Camille Schrier, representing Pennsylvania and her hometown of Yardley, being crowned the 2013 USA Ambassador Teen at the USA Ambassador Pageant in Tampa, Fla. earlier this month.

MISS: Top female executives on average earned 18 percent less than men, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News.

HIT: Beginning with October license renewals, drivers will be able to skip their next trip to the Motor Vehicle Commission office. Drivers will have to visit the MVC office once every eight years for a license renewal and a new photo, instead of every four years now.

HIT: Judging from job openings, New Jersey’s technology sector has grown enough to put the state in the same league as California, Texas, Virginia and New York, according to recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

MISS: A 5-year-old boy and two other children arrested by Trenton Police on Monday evening after allegedly throwing rocks off an overpass onto Route 1 and damaging several cars.

HIT: DonnaJean Fredeen joining Rider University as provost and vice president for academic affairs after spending 26 years at Southern Connecticut State University, where she was dean of the School of Arts and Sciences for 15 years, after serving four years as chair of the department of chemistry.

MISS: New Jersey lost 11,800 public- and private-sector jobs in July, ending a five-month streak of positive numbers.

HIT: Sleeping with windows open as autumn-like weather makes a mid-August visit.